The US defense department now believes that the balloon did not collect information while flying over the United States.
Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder said the Chinese balloon shot down earlier this year did not collect information while flying over the United States. On Thursday, June 29, Reuters reports.
“According to our assessment, he was not collecting information during the flight to the United States,” Ryder told reporters.
He did not give any other details.
The wolf spent a week flying over the US and Canada before the US military shot it down on the Atlantic coast at the behest of US President Joe Biden.
Beijing admitted that the hot air balloon was made in China. However, they claim it was just a meteorological probe that went off course. At the same time, the Pentagon denied such a statement and noted that it was a reconnaissance ship.
The incident caused the cancellation of a planned visit by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to China.
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